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[–]Herbonex 70 points71 points72 points 4 years ago (0 children) | Copy Link
You respond with the same energy. Girls that have a high drive for you will reply a lot more interesting and active.
[–]nevertextgoodnight 92 points93 points94 points 4 years ago (5 children) | Copy Link
Go ultra fuckboy
"You look like trouble"
[–]humbledrumble 67 points68 points69 points 4 years ago (1 child) | Copy Link
Honestly, this is the right answer. If girls aren't giving me anything to work with, I just push harder for a hookup. Better than letting the conversation burnout.
[–]alvinchips 17 points18 points19 points 4 years ago (0 children) | Copy Link
😳...you guys must show me the ways
[–]Accomplished-Lab5914 10 points11 points12 points 4 years ago (0 children) | Copy Link
Good username. Texted goodnight to a girl once. Was last time we ever spoke. Never again.
[–]fatbird09 2 points3 points4 points 4 years ago (0 children) | Copy Link
Link to the Ultra Fuckboy Golden Rules book please.
[–]fewbar2021 0 points1 point2 points 4 years ago (0 children) | Copy Link
Lmaooo
[–]Canadian-Seductioner 57 points58 points59 points 4 years ago (1 child) | Copy Link
You're not supposed to let them lead the conversation. If a girl on bumble opens with hey or some variation of it, you basically just ignore it and use your normal opener you'd use on any other app where you open first.
My go-to is "heyy what's happening NAME? Love your smile, you've got a great vibe ✌️". I always get a positive reaction from that one and after they respond, I usually ask them how their week/weekend is going (unless there's something specific in their profile I'm curious about) and then continue the conversation from there for a bit before asking them out on a date.
[–]WhiteningMcClean 21 points22 points23 points 4 years ago (0 children) | Copy Link
Exactly. "Hey" is so the 24 hour timer doesn't run out. It's basically just validating the match.
[–]Robofrogg1 29 points30 points31 points 4 years ago (5 children) | Copy Link
Be funny, use humor, say ANYTHING but the expected, even if it seems dumb.
IE- what are you doing? I’m trying my hand at juggling cats right now— it’s getting kind of painful. Do you think I have a future in this?
Yeah it’s dumb. But it’s still infinitely better than ‘Oh just watching tv.’
[–]Diligent-Race-8566 21 points22 points23 points 4 years ago (0 children) | Copy Link
“ANYTHING but the expected” this is a great tip. Let your imagination run wild
[–]Cheeky_Kiwi 5 points6 points7 points 4 years ago (2 children) | Copy Link
"touching myself while thinking of you"?
[–]LilLuckie 0 points1 point2 points 4 years ago (0 children) | Copy Link
Aaaand you had to make it creepy...
[–]RHeldy_Boi 0 points1 point2 points 4 years ago (0 children) | Copy Link
That is expected.
[–]daring_innovator 32 points33 points34 points 4 years ago* (2 children) | Copy Link
Pro tip: The purpose for texting a girl is to set up dates and that’s it. Not entertain her or get to know her or see how she’s doing and no “good morning beautiful.” NO. It destroys the purpose of meeting up. She will always be hoping & willing to let you take the initiative to meet up. So if she doesn’t want to then you have other girls. The meetup should happen no less than 7 days from the first time you talked to her & if she still doesn’t want to then that means you messed up somewhere in your attraction phase either by not generating enough interest, coming off too strong, not arousing her enough etc. so what you’ve lost her in the beginning and you’ve got to cut your losses. There’s a lot of girls everywhere. Other than that most girls cooperate pretty well.
You need to plan the meetup in great detail. Set up a free day for the meetup with no plans or responsibilities that particular day and have everything mapped out. Time management, what you’re gonna wear, logistics everything. (Now personally if she flakes on me or is late 10 mins I’m done with her and game is over. No excuses or reasons.)
Now about your question: Be playful with her, banter, teasing, pull more than pushing, light humor and be mysterious, build a lot of sexual tension.
Bottom line: Phone is for setting up dates. Period.
[–]NoRecover6900 1 point2 points3 points 4 years ago (0 children) | Copy Link
Then how do you come up to date the girl? Can you gimme more clue
[–]_ExOR_ 0 points1 point2 points 4 years ago (0 children) | Copy Link
Dude how is she supposed to be comfortable with sexting just within 7 days
[–][deleted] 18 points19 points20 points 4 years ago (1 child) | Copy Link
Nothing. Most of these women are just bored and looking to be entertained. You’re not a potential dude to them. You’re a monkey that’s supposed to dance around and distract them for a little bit.
Let them go be bored somewhere else and only talk to the women that are showing legit interest.
[–]daivaras24 11 points12 points13 points 4 years ago (0 children) | Copy Link
What worked for me is calling them out. Are you as boring inperson ? They either get triggered or apologize and say they are different inperson
[–]Heavy_Plow 3 points4 points5 points 4 years ago (3 children) | Copy Link
My somewhat contrarian, but effective, advice is not to engage in text conversation at all. Simply ask her out on a date. See my post in this subreddit for more detail. As u/daring_innovator says in his comment here, the purpose of texting is to get her on a date. So just be straightforward and ask her on a date. She'll probably respond positively because she matched with you.
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[–]Heavy_Plow 0 points1 point2 points 4 years ago (1 child) | Copy Link
If by volume you mean simply the number of women I dated, then I will mention that maximizing the number of women I dated wasn't my primary goal. I dated 32 women in that time period, and had repeat/ongoing "relationships" with 16 of them.
If by volume you mean the number of nights I spent with women, then the number is much higher than 32 because as I mentioned, I had ongoing relationships with 16 of those women.
I had hundreds more matches on the apps than I was able to date. The limiting factor for me was time. I would say I was more selective in who I chose to take on dates than I who I swiped on.
As to whether I was "ghosted a lot", I'm not entirely sure what you mean by the term. Are you are asking what rough percentage of women didn't reply to my invitation to a date on the app, or are you asking if someone I had actually met through the apps ever "ghosted" me i.e. stopped answering texts without explanation.
[–]ksmith11011 7 points8 points9 points 4 years ago (0 children) | Copy Link
I’m usually equally flat with my response “hi (name)”
Then she’ll say “how r u?”
Then you say “Pretty good, just got done with ___. It was fun/annoying. You?”
That will trigger her small talk ick if she was fishing for pickup lines and you can be on your way.
[–]Difficult_Ad_8299 10 points11 points12 points 4 years ago (2 children) | Copy Link
Send a dickpic to show dominance
[–]tahapiie 7 points8 points9 points 4 years ago (1 child) | Copy Link
Pee on the chat to spread phormones
[–]Empty_Butterscotch_4 0 points1 point2 points 4 years ago (0 children) | Copy Link
Lmaoo
[–]tangyjam 2 points3 points4 points 4 years ago (0 children) | Copy Link
hey
[–]Mighty_Sapphire 2 points3 points4 points 4 years ago (0 children) | Copy Link
Stop it. Don't respond at all. Not worth it.
[–]alzirian314 2 points3 points4 points 4 years ago (0 children) | Copy Link
Learn to have fun with whatever ur saying. It's about ur comfort. Obviously don't be stupid but have fun. U have to learn ur boundaries before anything. Sometimes stupid remarks help sometimes they are horrible. It really all depends but u have to calibrate.
Not even one is the same and hey is the best line ever. But it takes a lot. Just remember if they responded ur more than half way through the battle. Now just be urself and have fun. Be engaging and interesting learn to empathize and talk a out things u have passion for.
[–]kettlebell_workout -1 points0 points1 point 4 years ago (1 child) | Copy Link
She: hey
You: hi, sry can’t text now. And text her later in a future.
She: how are u?
You: horizontal (if u lying, and vertical if standing), and you?
You: strong💪, you?
You: I was born, you?
[–]Empty_Butterscotch_4 12 points13 points14 points 4 years ago (0 children) | Copy Link
My brain is now broken
[–]TheTruth221 -3 points-2 points-1 points 4 years ago (0 children) | Copy Link
tell her u got to take shit if she likes u she will laugh
if she aint down then she will not reply
[–]Staceface666 0 points1 point2 points 4 years ago (0 children) | Copy Link
Sometimes we just like looking at the pictures and not actually reading the articles.
😄
I have my on days and my off days, but if someone responds like that, i let the convo die.
[–]BudgetInteraction811 0 points1 point2 points 4 years ago (0 children) | Copy Link
Honestly just don’t bother. The juice is not worth the squeeze if they’re already acting disinterested off the bat. I could never imagine seriously wanting to date and impress someone and then being that uninteresting on a dating app. I’d say she’s just looking for compliments or is bored and feels like going out/no one else to hang with. I’ll admit that ages ago on a dating site before tinder, I’d sometimes agree to go out with guys because I was bored, not because their profile seemed that interesting. And usually it was just one or two dates of nothing, because there’s no interest. So don’t waste your time.
[–]NineteenAD9 0 points1 point2 points 4 years ago (0 children) | Copy Link
You stop responding and delete the number or unmatch
Value your time and stop trying to impress women who don't want you.
[–]mandoa_sky 0 points1 point2 points 4 years ago (0 children) | Copy Link
talk about something she mentioned she likes in her profile.
i'm sick of guys on OLD acting surprised/annoyed that I like reading books - when I specifically listed it as something I like in my profile.
[–]halfanimalman 0 points1 point2 points 4 years ago (0 children) | Copy Link
You reciprocate the same energy and if she’s still boring you just move on.
Sometimes people just reply out of habit and not out of actual interest. You will know if she’s interested you will be able to tell in her texts
If you are not a pickup line machine-gun you already lost the online dating game.
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[–]Herbonex 70 points71 points72 points (0 children) | Copy Link
[–]nevertextgoodnight 92 points93 points94 points (5 children) | Copy Link
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[–]alvinchips 17 points18 points19 points (0 children) | Copy Link
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[–]Canadian-Seductioner 57 points58 points59 points (1 child) | Copy Link
[–]WhiteningMcClean 21 points22 points23 points (0 children) | Copy Link
[–]Robofrogg1 29 points30 points31 points (5 children) | Copy Link
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